Some Early Responses to "No Easy Choice"

I'm taking a break from a final proofread of my book galleys to share what has been the most humbling (and fun) part of becoming a book author: the responses from endorsers. My book is now available for pre-order on Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and The Thoughtful Christian. I'm also starting to line up some speaking engagements for the late winter/spring and will be posting some information about that at a later date. In the meantime, here are a few examples of what keeps me going when the writing is hard...

“Ellen Painter Dollar is a consummate storyteller with a consuming story to tell. She is also a gifted journalist. In No Easy Choice, she has combined those skills to produce a gripping account of her family’s engagement with one of the pressing questions of our time: What and where is the Christian interface between humanity and the bio-engineering we can—and now do—exercise on ourselves, our children-in-the-making, our species? Chock full of informed and candid insights, this one is a page turner.”
—Phyllis Tickle, author of The Great Emergence: How Christianity Is Changing and Why

“I am not at all sure I agree with everything in this book on the challenges of conceiving and parenting well in our age of technology. But I don't need to—because I am quite sure that reading it has made me better informed and more compassionate, and perhaps, please God, wiser. I am grateful for Ellen Painter Dollar’s skill and honesty as a writer, and moved by her story that is so clearly marked by truth and grace. I urge everyone who cares about Christian faithfulness in our time to read, ponder, and share this book.”
—Andy Crouch, author of Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling

 “[No Easy Choice] is much more than memoir and more like an extended ‘case study,’but not one written by a health care professional or clergy in training. Rather, it turns the tables, and is written by the ‘case’ herself, a parent of faith carrying a very risky gene who is trying to deal with the worlds of science, theology, and culture. I learned a lot and felt honored to be invited into the intimacy and capacity to deal with that wider intersection that happens at the beginning of life itself.”
—William C. Gaventa, Associate Professor, The Elizabeth M. Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities , UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and author of Spirituality and Intellectual Disability

“No Easy Choice is a painfully wise book about the pain of having children whose life will be filled with pain. It is also a book of hope because its author never tries to say more than can be said about why some children are so born. This is a must read, not only for those considering prenatal genetic diagnosis and intervention, but for all concerned with the ethics of PGD. It’s a terrific book.”
—Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics, Duke Divinity School, and author of God, Medicine, and the Problem of Suffering